Powerful Virginia Senate leader: It's time to look at marijuana decriminalization
NORFOLK -- In a switch, one of Virginia’s most powerful elected officials said Tuesday that he supports studying the decriminalization of marijuana.
“I think it’s absolutely crazy that we continue to lock people up for possession of a modest amount of marijuana,” said Tommy Norment, the majority leader of the state Senate, who voted against a decriminalization bill last year.
Speaking before a Norfolk City Council dinner at the Slover Library, Norment said the issue should be studied by the Virginia State Crime Commission, which makes recommendations to the legislature.
But Norment, a Republican from James City County, said getting such a “cultural change” past some of his colleagues in the General Assembly would be a challenge.
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